Kenneth Corbin

At what point does the standard blogger practice of excerpting and riffing on a news story someone else wrote jump the tracks and go from a legitimate exercise of the doctrine of fair use to copyright infringement? Ask 10 different intellectual property experts and you’re likely to hear 10 different answers. Fair use on the […]

A panel hosted by Google delves into concerns about the secrecy of the ongoing negotiations between the U.S. and other nations on IP policy — talks that could have a dramatic impact for the IT industry. Enterprise Networking Planet has the story. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Trade Representative is in the midst of negotiating a […]

A U.S. lawmaker today warned of attempts to roll back a provision in copyright law that has become a cornerstone of posting and sharing content on the Internet, pledging to fight to preserve the doctrine of fair use in the face of an array of challenges. “For over a decade, fair use has been under […]

Hey, it could have been worse. Retailers headed into the holiday season knowing that the economy was still a long way from healthy, but according to a recent market analysis, the consumer electronics came close to breaking even with last year. e-Commerce Guide has the details. A bad economy has a way of redefining the […]

No, it might not prevail in the war, but the cable giant appears to be on solid footing after a court hearing last week, when a panel of federal judges heard with pointed skepticism arguments from the Federal Communications Commission and one of its intervenors justifying its legal authority to censure Comcast for secretly blocking […]

In the wake of a recent flap over Facebook’s changed privacy settings, the popular social networking site’s chief executive takes a moment to describe the thought process that goes into its stance on privacy. eSecurity Planet has the story. Ask Mark Zuckerberg what privacy means to him, and the Facebook co-founder and CEO will tell […]

As it continues to press forward with its ambitious designs on the wireless market, Google has rolled out a feature to its mobile search product that allows users to submit queries based on their location. The “near me now” feature, which Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) previewed in December, is now live on the Google.com page on […]

The Net neutrality debate could get a lot more complicated. While most of the focus has been on a new rulemaking procedure the FCC has undertaken, a trio of judges seems poised to say, “Not so fast.” Enterprise Networking Planet has the story on the latest turn in Comcast’s efforts to force the issue of […]

The Federal Communications Commission has asked Congress for a one-month extension for delivering its national broadband plan. If granted, the extension would push the due date for the broadband plan back from Feb. 17 to the following month. The mandate for the plan came in last year’s economic stimulus package. In the time since, the […]

Yahoo is forging ahead with its plans to bridge the divide between the Internet and television, today releasing a widget developer kit for its Connected TV product and announcing a slew of new distribution partners. Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) is now making available to developers at large a TV widget development kit, inviting the community to […]

Online retailers turned in a solid performance to end the year, with spending during the holiday season up 4 percent from last year, according to a report released today by online metrics firm comScore. In November and December, U.S. shoppers spent $29.1 billion online, a modest but hopeful uptick from last year’s mark of $28 […]

With word late Tuesday from Byron Dorgan that he plans to retire from the Senate, Congress is going to lose one of its more technology-minded members. Not every lawmaker concerns himself with technology, indeed, many remain self-proclaimed illiterates. Dorgan, a Democrat from North Dakota, was an exception. No friend of the telcos, Dorgan may be […]